Soap-dispensing machine.



W. HADDOWF Patented 72111.23, 1912.

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WILLIAM 'HADDOW, or

OSSINING. NEW YORK.

- SOAP-DISPENSING" MACHINE.

Specification of ulate or shred material engagedthereby.

My improvelm-nts are particularly useful in devices for dlspenslng ill a finely d vided state such material as can be obtained n or c-onyenientlv molded into -akes. as soapp chocolate, stove polish and the like.

in the drawing accompanying this specification illustratgd one emb M'liment of my improvements,and which maybe the preferred embodiment thereof, together with several detail modifications all within the spirit and scope of my invention. Therein Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation on line 10, 10 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of arrow 100. Fig. 2 is a. front elevation correspomling with Fig. 1 and with part of the front case broken awayto better show the construction. Fig. 3' is a plan view of the rotary cutter and Fi 4 is :1 section thereof on line 11, 11 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a development into a straight line of a section, on an enlarged scale, on line 12, 120i Fig. 3'

G and 7 are plan views of modified forms of the cutter shown .in Fig. 3. Figl 8 is a view showing a modified arrangement of my imn-o\'emcnts"and Fig. 9 illustrates the preferred arrangement of my device relative to a set bowl when said vdevice is used for dispensing soap in a finely "divided state.

i As illustrated my improvements comprise a'recepta'cle 2 for holding the cakesof naterial to be dispensed, a rotatable cutter 1 mounted adjacent said ease and having blades or teeth for engageinent with the material. Saidcutter 4 is preferablymounted in the vertical plane but may deviate materially therefrom so that as the material is granulated and removed from the cake those granulations will fall by gravity free of both the cake and cutter. Said material is LettersPatent. I PatentectJan.23,1912.

Application filed Marni-2a; 190's. Seria1 No.422,82 6.

5 illustrated as in two cakes 3 and 30 so that as thelower cake is cut away new material may be supplied in convenient increments.

Receptacle 2 is preferably mounted in a face of cutter 4 so that thecake of material 3 will be urgedby gravity against cutter 4.

the plane of cutter at is preferably about degrees but said angle may be varied within formed of sheet metal or tubing and the lower end 31 thereof may be pressed up from the same piece as the upper part 2 or may be cast or formed in other convenient manner. An arm 32 reaches downwardly therefrom to any suitablemeans of support such as table 13 of bowl '14. Receptacle 2 may be prorided with a central stem 15 conveniently supported on a bar 16 fixed in the lower part 31 of saidreceptacle. A sleeve or tube is provided between the cakes of material 3 said stem 15 and sleeve may be dispensed with and cakes without holes therein be successfully used in my device, but I prefer to support the cake as illustrated rather than by its periphery. A cap 17 preferably hav- -ing a socket 18 for the reception and support of the top end of stem 15 is provided. Said cap may latch onto receptacle 2 by any convenient means suchas the common bayonet vided with a lock not shown.

' Front plate-6 may be secured ,to lower part 31 of the receptacle by any suitable means such as screws 21. The conjunction of receptacle part 31 and front plate 6 form a "housing'forcutter 4 and at 22converge into a discharge ehutefor the granulated material. Cutting disk 4 is conveniently mounted onthe-inner end of spindle 5 rotating in sleeve outstanding from front plate 6. On the outer .end of Spindlc-5 is crank 7 having the usual handle 8. Said crank 7 is held'on spindle 5 by means of nut 9.- Disk 4 has its central hole 19 in hub 20 threaded whereby it may be screwed-onto the correspondingly threaded inner end of spindle Said screw threads are righ handed so that when wank 7 is turned in position receding upwardly from the cutting operability to nearly 90 degrees in one direc-v .t1on and to nearly parallelism n the other. Said receptacle. 2 may be convenientlylatch, not shown, and if desired may be pro-- The angle of the axis of cake 3 relative to and 30 and stem 15 to prevent abrasion of the hole 111 said cakes. However if desired" a clockwise direction to drive disk to perform its work, said disk will not tend to unscrew from spindle 5. -When said crank -is turned in an anticlockwise direction the friction of the disk against, the materials is slight and said disk can readily be screwed onto spindle 5 tightly enough to prevent loosening therefrom when so turned 1n a reverse direction. -Furthermore such reverse movement of cutter 4 in no wise deranges any feature or function of my mechanism,

as immediately upon turning said cutter in.

a clockwiseilirection the device will operate to cut and dispense the cake 'of-material 3.

. left of the center of the'cake of material 3 2) whereby when said cutting disk I is turned in a clockwise direction it en gages said cake iiist at its upper side and with a portion of said cutter near the pcriphery thereof and there-fore traveling at greater speed than those portions of said cutter nearer its axis of rotation The slower traveling portions of said cutter engage the cake nearer its axis of rotation 15. Thus the engagement of the cutter with the cake of material 3 not only cuts or scrapes portions therefrom but at the same time causes the cake to turn in a clockwise direction with its sleeve 16 on stem 15. Also as said cutter 4 in revolving has a ,general downward movement relative to that portion of the cake which it engages,

said cake is thereby fed downwardly against said cutter by the combined action of'the cutter and gravity. hen cake 3 is first put into receptacle 2 the periphery of the circular end ofthe cake engages .cnttcr 4 and the cutter in revolving thereupon cuts away that periphery and eventually forms the end of the cake into conical shape as shown. The line of engagement of the cutter with the cake is then the vertical line i each side of the disk. Iprcferably do this thereon.

of tangency of disk .4 and the conical end of cake 3. I

Referring now particularly to cutter 4 (Figs. 3, 4 and 5) I will point out several features thereof. Said cutter is preferably 56 formed of one piece of sheet metal having projecting hubs thereon. Said cutting disk has radial slots 23 punched therein and said slots are preferably bridged at their outer ends so as to obtain rigidity of construction. After punching, blades 40, 40 left standingmbctween slots 23, 23 are bent so as to throw up cutting edges 24 on bending with a punch and die whereby I alsoslightly ,swagc said blades 40 so as to form acute angled cutting edges 24, 24 Said cutting blades 40 decrease in their amount of projection beyond the normal faces respectjA/ely 'of the disk as they near the center of'snid disk (Fig. 4). Thus it will be seen that the depth of cut in the The axis of said disk 4 is located to the nishes a cutter that cake is governed by the amount of inclination of blade 40 to the general plane of the D disk (Fig. 5) and that the cut in the cake decreases in depth as the center of the coni= cal end of said cake is approached by the inwardly decreasing inclination of the cutting blades 40. By this means the greatest, amount of material is removed from the cake near the periphery of its conical end where there is the greatest sup ly and less supply. The action of the cutter on the cake is therefore proportional to the redouble-faced reversible cutters and after one sidehas become dulledin use the cutter may be turned over and its usefulness therefore doubled. I.

I In Fig. 8 I have illustrated my deviceas applied to the cutting of anon-revolving cake 300. Said cake in this arrangement is set entirely at one side ofaxis 5 of cut- 'tcr 4 and said cake may .be-of rectan lar section as shown-or round or other '3 a e as desired. Also in this arran ement ea c 300 may be located at right ang es to cutter ,4 and by inclining the forward end of axis 5 downwardly proper feed for the cake may i 15 amounts are removed where t ere is less .quiremcn'ts. I Further orethe more gentle action of the cutter near the center of the be obtained, also efiicient discharge of the granulated material. I

I claim 1. The combination of a. receptacle having a stemtherein for the support and tation thereon of a cakcof material, a retatable cutter for engagement with cake, said cutter bein located to. one side relative to the cake to impart a. rotary movesaid free roment to the cake during the cutting of said cake, and means. to rotate the cutter.

2. In combination with a receptacle, means for rotatably supporting a. cake otmaterial therein, and a rotatable cutter, sald receptacle and' cutter being so positioned rela-' tively to each other and to the vertical that said cake is urged by gravity to engagement with the face of said cutter on one side only of the axis thereof.-

3. In a device of the "kind descrlbed, a

receptacle, a spindle therein, and ar'rotative cutter atone end of said spindle, the axis of the cutter and the spindle being 111 non intersecting lines whereby a cake of material positioned upon said spindle is rotated by the operation of said cutter thereupon.

4. In a machine for dispensing soap'or similar articles, a device adapted to receive and support a cake of soap so as to permit a rotary movement thereof, and a rotative cutter positioned at one end of said device and arranged to engage the cake of soap on one side only of its axis of rotation.

5. In a machine for dispensing soap or similar articles, a device adapted to receive and support a cake of soap so as to permit a rotary movement thereof, and a rotative cutter positioned atone end of said device and having its cutting face at an angle with the axis of rotation of the cake of soap p0- sitioned in said device and arranged to engage the cake of soap on one side only of its axis of rotation.

6. In a machine for dispensing soap or similar articles, a device adapted to receive and support'a cake of soap in an inclined position so as to permit a rotary movement thereof, and a rotative cutter positioned at one end of said device with its axis at an angle with the axis of rotation of the cake of soap positioned therein and arranged to engage the cake of soap on one side only of its axis of rotation whereby said cake is simultaneously fed to said cutter and revolved.

7. In a machine for dispensing soap or similar articles, a cylindrical receptacle adapted to receive and. supp cake of soap so as to permit a rotary movementthereof, and a rotative cutter positioned at one end of said receptacle with its ort a cylindrical axis at an angle with said receptacle and arranged to engage the cake of soap'on one side only of its axis of rotation.

8. In a device of the class described, a

receptacle for a cake of soap,'a spindle therein adapted to support the cake of soap' and permit a rotary movement thereof on said spindle, spindle having its axis at an angle therewith and so arranged that the cutter will engage the cake of soap on one side only of said spindle thereby causing said cake of soap to rotate during the process of cutting.

9. In a device of the class described, a receptacle, a spindle therein, a sleeve positioned on said spindle adapted to support a cake of soap and to permit a rotary movement thereof about said s 'ndle, and a rotative cutter at one end 0 said spindle arranged to operatively engage the cake of soap supported by said sleeve.

10. In a device of the' class described, a receptacle, a' spindle therein, a sleeve positioned on said 5 indle adapted to supporta cake of soap am to permit a rotary movement thereof about said spindle, and s. rotative cutter at one end of said spindlehaving its axis at an-angle therewith and adapt-' ed to engage and progressively comminute the cake of soap supported by said sleeve and simultaneously to cause a rotary movement thereof. Y

Signed this 20th day of March, 1908, before two subscribii lg witnesses. ILLIAM HADDOW.

Witnesses CHAS. W. LA Run, Wrumu M. STONE.

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